Incidental liposarcomas identified during hernia repair operations

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-53

  Montgomery, Elizabeth ^a   Buras, Robert ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Inguinal hernias; Liposarcomas; Soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SPERMATIC CORD;

ADULT; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SPERMATIC CORD;

EID: 0033058003     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199905)71:1<50::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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